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The Hits Collection 1929-43

Rudy Vallee
Styles: Easy Listening, Pop
Catalogue Number: ACTRCD9148

Rudy Vallee was a singer, saxophonist, bandleader and actor, who was probably the first star to emerge from performing on radio in its early days in the 1920s to become a hugely popular “crooner”, taking advantage of the introduction of microphones to project his light and sensitive voice. With his band The Connecticut Yankees, he started recording in 1928 and immediately had a succession of hits through the next decade and more, as well as becoming heartthrob movie star through into post-war years. This 67-track 3-CD collection consists entirely of hits and comprises nearly all the 72 records listed as hits during his career, featuring releases on the Harmony, Victor Columbia, Bluebird and Decca labels. It includes his No. 1 hits with “Honey”, “The Stein Song”, “Brother Can You Spare A Dime”, “Vieni Vieni” and “As Time Goes By”, plus many other classics of the era as he recorded many new songs that were being composed for Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pin Alley which would become Great American Songbook standards. He was a performer who pioneered a particular style of pop that characterised his era, and this is a great showcase for that talent, projected through all his big sellers.

Disk 1:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Sweetheart Of All My Dreams	Rudy Vallee
2	If I Had You	Rudy Vallee
3	Marie	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
4	Weary River	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
5	Deep Night	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
6	Honey	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
7	Lover, Come Back To Me	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
8	Coquette	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
9	My Time Is Your Time	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
10	I'm Just A Vagabond Lover	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
11	S'posin'	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
12	Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
13	Baby Oh Where Can You Be	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
14	Pretending	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
15	Lonely Troubadour	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
16	A Little Kiss Each Morning (A Little Kiss Each Night)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
17	Stein Song (University Of Maine)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
18	St. Louis Blues	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
19	If I Had A Girl Like You	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
20	Betty Co-Ed	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
21	Just A Little Longer	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
22	Confessin' (That I Love You)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
23	Sweetheart Of My Student Days	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
Disk 2:
Track	Title	Artist
1	You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
2	Tears	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
3	Would You Like To Take A Walk	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
4	As Time Goes By	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
5	When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
6	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
7	The Thrill Is Gone	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
8	My Song	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
9	I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (The Blue Pajama Song)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
10	Maori (A Samoan Song)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
11	Strange Interlude	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
12	Say It Isn’t So	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
13	Let's Put Out The Lights	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
14	How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
15	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
16	Here It Is Monday And I've Still Got A Dollar	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
17	Just An Echo In The Valley	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
18	Linger A Little Longer In The Twilight	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
19	The Girl In The Little Green Hat	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
20	The Whisper Waltz	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
21	Pretending You Care	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
Disk 3:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
2	Here Is My Heart (Here Is My Hand)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
3	The Shadow Waltz	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
4	By A Waterfall	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
5	Everything I Have Is Yours	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
6	Orchids In The Moonlight	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
7	Flying Down To Rio	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
8	Puddin' Head Jones	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
9	Dancing In The Moonlight	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
10	You Oughta Be In Pictures	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
11	Nasty Man	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
12	Hold My Hand	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
13	Lost In A Fog	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
14	The Drunkard Song (There Is A Tavern In The Town)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
15	P.S. I Love You	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
16	On The Good Ship Lollipop	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
17	There's Always A Happy Ending	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
18	The Old Sow Song	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
19	Vieni Vieni	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
20	In The Mission By The Sea	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
21	Oh, Ma, Ma (The Butcher Boy)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
22	Day Dreaming (All Night Long)	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees
23	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	Rudy Vallee